Peach Pickers, from left, John Bultman, Frank Groom and Mark Proctor set up for a Brown Bag Lunch performance on Friday at Canan Commons in Downtown Muncie.

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The Downtown Development Partnership is inviting the public to come and "test drive" Canan Commons before a grand opening ceremony on Oct. 4 featuring an America's Hometown Band concert and pyrotechnic special effects.

"We're test driving the site to make sure all of the electrical, sound and lighting requirements all work," said Vicki Veach, director of the Muncie Downtown Development Partnership (MDDP).

Thanks to an appropriation from the Muncie Redevelopment Commission, an irrigation system will be installed later this year or next spring to help maintain the downtown park's new ...